Here's a new submission from Barale Fratelli. Made with a blend of organic fruit from three sites, Coste di Rose, Preda and Castellero, the 2018 Barolo del Comune di Barolo is compact and streamlined and a hair more downplayed compared to the other new releases from this estate. It shows aromas of cassis, rose and rusty nail, and it definitely hits home on the palate thanks to its freshness, structure and great quality of tannins; they give support but feel silky in texture. Production is a more generous 9,000 bottles.